MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for OCT. 2002 NAME: Ferryhill CITY: Ferryhill STATE: Co. Durham ELEV: 394 ft LAT: 54° 41' 00" N LONG: 1° 33' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (mph) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 15.0 20.7 15:00 10.7 8:30 1.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 2 15.3 18.7 14:00 12.7 7:00 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 3 13.4 16.8 14:00 10.7 8:00 2.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 4 12.1 15.9 17:00 8.2 8:30 3.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 5 15.4 18.1 15:30 12.9 00:00 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 6 12.4 14.5 16:00 10.9 8:30 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 7 12.2 15.7 15:30 9.8 7:00 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 8 10.9 14.0 15:30 9.0 4:30 4.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 9 10.7 12.8 15:30 8.5 7:30 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 10 11.7 12.3 11:00 11.2 22:00 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 11 10.7 11.7 14:00 9.4 00:00 4.7 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 --- --- 12 8.8 9.6 14:00 6.3 23:30 6.6 0.0 10.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- 13 7.3 9.6 14:00 3.7 7:00 8.2 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 14 8.6 9.2 12:30 6.8 00:00 7.0 0.0 6.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 15 7.7 8.6 12:30 6.5 5:00 7.8 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 16 6.8 8.4 15:30 4.4 00:00 8.7 0.0 3.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 17 5.8 8.1 16:30 4.1 3:30 9.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 18 4.7 7.0 16:00 3.4 00:00 10.8 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 19 4.6 8.3 16:00 1.9 5:00 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 20 4.4 6.9 15:30 1.6 7:30 11.1 0.0 5.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 21 7.1 9.1 00:00 5.1 0:30 8.4 0.0 16.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 22 10.1 13.1 15:30 5.2 00:00 5.4 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 23 5.1 8.1 13:30 3.2 00:00 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 24 4.7 8.0 13:30 1.7 4:00 10.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 25 8.9 12.4 14:00 6.3 22:30 6.6 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 26 7.8 10.7 15:30 6.1 10:00 7.7 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 27 7.6 9.8 10:00 5.3 23:30 7.9 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.0 --- --- 28 7.3 10.9 16:00 4.9 5:30 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 29 6.7 7.7 0:30 5.5 00:00 8.8 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 --- --- 30 6.3 8.9 16:00 4.6 2:00 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- 31 6.1 9.3 14:30 2.8 8:30 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 --- --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.9 20.7 1 1.6 20 206.8 2.6 79.4 0.0 0.0 --- --- (-0.6) (140%) Max >= 32.0: 0 Max <= 0.0: 0 Min <= 0.0: 0 Min <= -18.0: 0 Max Rain: 16.61 ON 21/10/02 Days of Rain: 19 (> .2 mm) 12 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm) Heat Base: 15.5 Cool Base: 15.5 Method: Integration A very mixed month. Slightly cooler than average overall - making it the coldest since 1993. It was very wet, particularly in the east and south; Aberdeen and Dundee (but not Pitroddie!) had three times the normal amount rainfall, making it the wettest October on record there. It was also the wettest on record on the Isle of Man. The month had a very warm, dry, fine start. 23.8C at Prestatyn on the 1st. The autumn drought that afflicted many areas ended after 32 days, on 11 October. Some significant depressions then tracked across the country. Very heavy rain affected the north on the 11-12th, and the SW on the 12-13th: Cardiff had 60 mm, and St. Ives 50 mm, where there was serious flooding. There was then severe rain in the south on the 15th, with a damaging tornado in Torquay, where part of a church roof was destroyed, and another in Essex. There was 120 mm of rain in Dunkeswell (Devon) between the 11th and 16th. On the same day there was 73 mm of rain at Lowestoft. As the depressions moved away, the winds swung to the east or north, bringing cold air across the country, making the third week cold. There were significant snowfalls on the Scottish mountains. A minimum of -6C was recorded at Eskdalemuir on the morning of the 19th, and -7.5C at Tulloch Bridge on the 20th. A great gale affected the south on the 27-28th, causing widespread disruption and destruction, with loss of life; there was a gust of 97 mph at the Mumbles, and a 102 mph at the Needles (Isle of Wight). The Dartford and Severn Bridges were shut. It was dull in the east, but very sunny in the extreme north: it was the sunniest October in Lerwick since 1939.